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Ember Software is a technology consulting firm specializing in streamlining workflows for businesses. It develops an all-in-one platform designed to simplify and digitize fire inspection processes, from scheduling to proposals, ensuring compliance with NFPA and AES standards. This empowers fire protection companies to enhance operational efficiency, expand their business, and maintain safety standards.

Workflow is a technology company that develops a management platform for streamlining creative work review and approval processes. Its platform offers customizable customer relationship management tools, automation, and seamless integrations, helping organizations optimize workflows, enhance team collaboration, and achieve digital transformation across diverse industries.

Rocketlane is a software company offering a professional services automation and client onboarding platform designed to streamline onboarding and collaborative project delivery for customer engagements. The platform enables transparent and consistent execution by supporting client collaboration on projects, time tracking, AI-assisted resource management, and project accounting, which improves visibility and governance. By shortening time to value, Rocketlane helps professional services teams deliver onboarding and implementation projects efficiently and provide a positive, repeatable onboarding experience for customers across industries.

Fieldguide, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automation and collaboration solutions for audit and advisory firms. Established in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, Fieldguide's platform digitizes the entire project lifecycle, offering features such as secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning. The software utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and streamline data management, facilitating efficient report creation. By enhancing workflow processes, Fieldguide aims to help firms improve margins, attract new business, and strengthen client relationships, ultimately empowering productivity and revenue growth in the assurance and advisory sectors.

ClearFeed is an AI-driven platform that integrates with Slack to streamline service desks. It consolidates multiple requests into a single queue, enabling responders to manage workloads efficiently. The platform detects Service Level Agreement (SLA) breaches and provides tools for updating request statuses and ensuring closure.

Nile is disrupting the enterprise network market by modernizing IT operations with a new AI networking architecture, delivering enterprise networks entirely as a service. For the first time in the industry, its Nile Access Service integrates zero trust security and offers performance guarantees. With Nile, IT organizations close the gap between their digital aspirations and legacy realities, reduce their total cost of ownership by more than 60%, and recover critical IT resources while their users gain superior connectivity. For more information, visit nilesecure.com/journey.

Tome enhances sales team efficiency by employing custom LLMs that assist throughout the sales process. It automates tasks such as account research, outreach, call summaries, and CRM syncing, allowing sales reps to focus more on customer interactions. The platform also optimizes sales playbooks using insights on messaging effectiveness.

Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.

Kojo is a cloud-based construction management software company that provides an all-in-one platform for contractors to manage their material and inventory needs. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, Kojo's system focuses on streamlining materials management and procurement processes, enhancing profitability for construction companies. By integrating various stakeholders, including field teams, procurement, and distributors, Kojo simplifies the supply chain through automation, facilitating the ordering and tracking of materials. This approach enables contractors to ensure timely delivery of materials to job sites, thereby improving operational efficiency.

Dealpath is a cloud-based software platform for real estate investment management and capital markets that integrates data, analytics, and collaborative workflows to streamline deal execution. The platform supports pipeline tracking, deal analytics, and transaction workflows across asset types, enabling institutional investors to identify opportunities, operate at scale, and maximize returns in a competitive market. It serves a range of clients from public REITs to private equity real estate firms and has been adopted by prominent firms to manage acquisitions, development, and financing activities.

ClearFeed is an AI-driven platform that integrates with Slack to streamline service desks. It consolidates multiple requests into a single queue, enabling responders to manage workloads efficiently. The platform detects Service Level Agreement (SLA) breaches and provides tools for updating request statuses and ensuring closure.

Seaplane IO Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a serverless cloud software system tailored for modern enterprises. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Seaplane IO enables developers to create and scale applications globally without the complexities of managing cloud infrastructure. The company's platform supports on-premises and cloud server deployments, allowing for secure code execution from any location. By harnessing the capabilities of multi-cloud and edge computing, Seaplane IO provides the necessary APIs, services, and support to help software developers deliver optimal application performance to users worldwide.

Founded in 2014, Socotra provides a cloud-based platform for the insurance sector. Its software supports policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, reporting, and other applications for property and casualty, and life insurance businesses worldwide.

Ponder Data Inc., founded in 2019, specializes in enterprise-level tools for efficient data experimentation and analysis at scale. The company's core offering is a platform that empowers data teams by facilitating faster insights while maintaining ease of use and flexibility akin to the popular pandas API. This enables users to perform diverse data science tasks across varying workload scales effectively.

Fieldguide, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automation and collaboration solutions for audit and advisory firms. Established in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, Fieldguide's platform digitizes the entire project lifecycle, offering features such as secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning. The software utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and streamline data management, facilitating efficient report creation. By enhancing workflow processes, Fieldguide aims to help firms improve margins, attract new business, and strengthen client relationships, ultimately empowering productivity and revenue growth in the assurance and advisory sectors.

Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Rocketlane is a software company offering a professional services automation and client onboarding platform designed to streamline onboarding and collaborative project delivery for customer engagements. The platform enables transparent and consistent execution by supporting client collaboration on projects, time tracking, AI-assisted resource management, and project accounting, which improves visibility and governance. By shortening time to value, Rocketlane helps professional services teams deliver onboarding and implementation projects efficiently and provide a positive, repeatable onboarding experience for customers across industries.

Karat Inc. is a company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the design and development of technical interviewing software for organizations seeking to hire software engineers. Founded in 2014, Karat offers an interview platform that includes a network of interview engineers and an infrastructure specifically tailored for technical interviews. This platform is designed to enhance the hiring process by recording interviews, capturing candidate code, structuring feedback, and generating recommendations for hiring teams. Additionally, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding access to diverse talent, reducing bias in hiring, and improving the overall quality of engineering teams.

Govly is a software platform that connects businesses with government contracting opportunities. It aggregates real-time, non-public contract feeds, allowing companies to monitor, curate, and analyze federal procurement data. Govly streamlines the bidding process from discovery to award, empowering businesses to focus on high-potential opportunities.

Tetrate.io, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in application management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company provides an enterprise-ready service mesh platform that simplifies the management of complex application infrastructures for DevOps, security, and network administrators. Tetrate's platform enables organizations to run and manage microservices effectively, facilitating the modernization of applications and accelerating the adoption of public cloud solutions. By partnering with enterprises on their app modernization journeys, Tetrate supports businesses in navigating the intricacies of modern cloud infrastructures.

Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.

Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Karat Inc. is a company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the design and development of technical interviewing software for organizations seeking to hire software engineers. Founded in 2014, Karat offers an interview platform that includes a network of interview engineers and an infrastructure specifically tailored for technical interviews. This platform is designed to enhance the hiring process by recording interviews, capturing candidate code, structuring feedback, and generating recommendations for hiring teams. Additionally, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding access to diverse talent, reducing bias in hiring, and improving the overall quality of engineering teams.

Kojo is a cloud-based construction management software company that provides an all-in-one platform for contractors to manage their material and inventory needs. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, Kojo's system focuses on streamlining materials management and procurement processes, enhancing profitability for construction companies. By integrating various stakeholders, including field teams, procurement, and distributors, Kojo simplifies the supply chain through automation, facilitating the ordering and tracking of materials. This approach enables contractors to ensure timely delivery of materials to job sites, thereby improving operational efficiency.

Fieldguide, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in automation and collaboration solutions for audit and advisory firms. Established in 2020 and based in Sacramento, California, Fieldguide's platform digitizes the entire project lifecycle, offering features such as secure data requests, work plan management, reporting automation, and resource planning. The software utilizes artificial intelligence to standardize templates and streamline data management, facilitating efficient report creation. By enhancing workflow processes, Fieldguide aims to help firms improve margins, attract new business, and strengthen client relationships, ultimately empowering productivity and revenue growth in the assurance and advisory sectors.

Founded in 2012, Blend Labs designs and develops digital lending platforms that streamline mortgage, consumer loan, and deposit account applications. Serving over 300 financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, the company processes billions in loans daily, helping millions of consumers access credit.

Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.

Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Dealpath is a cloud-based software platform for real estate investment management and capital markets that integrates data, analytics, and collaborative workflows to streamline deal execution. The platform supports pipeline tracking, deal analytics, and transaction workflows across asset types, enabling institutional investors to identify opportunities, operate at scale, and maximize returns in a competitive market. It serves a range of clients from public REITs to private equity real estate firms and has been adopted by prominent firms to manage acquisitions, development, and financing activities.

Founded in 2014, Socotra provides a cloud-based platform for the insurance sector. Its software supports policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, reporting, and other applications for property and casualty, and life insurance businesses worldwide.

Nile is disrupting the enterprise network market by modernizing IT operations with a new AI networking architecture, delivering enterprise networks entirely as a service. For the first time in the industry, its Nile Access Service integrates zero trust security and offers performance guarantees. With Nile, IT organizations close the gap between their digital aspirations and legacy realities, reduce their total cost of ownership by more than 60%, and recover critical IT resources while their users gain superior connectivity. For more information, visit nilesecure.com/journey.

Founded in 2012, Blend Labs designs and develops digital lending platforms that streamline mortgage, consumer loan, and deposit account applications. Serving over 300 financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, the company processes billions in loans daily, helping millions of consumers access credit.

Karat Inc. is a company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the design and development of technical interviewing software for organizations seeking to hire software engineers. Founded in 2014, Karat offers an interview platform that includes a network of interview engineers and an infrastructure specifically tailored for technical interviews. This platform is designed to enhance the hiring process by recording interviews, capturing candidate code, structuring feedback, and generating recommendations for hiring teams. Additionally, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding access to diverse talent, reducing bias in hiring, and improving the overall quality of engineering teams.

Indio Technologies, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that streamlines the insurance application and renewal process for brokers and their clients. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that features a library of over 5,000 digitally enhanced insurance forms, an e-signature solution, and secure document sharing capabilities. This technology allows brokers to quickly create insurer-ready online applications and convert existing data from Excel into interactive workbooks. By providing real-time alerts when clients engage with the platform, Indio Technologies enhances the efficiency of the insurance process, enabling brokers to focus on growing their business while reducing time spent on operational tasks. The company serves a diverse range of brokers, helping them cater to more than 300,000 business clients while ensuring a seamless and efficient experience. Indio Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Applied Systems, Inc. since early 2020.

Tetrate.io, Inc., founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in application management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The company provides an enterprise-ready service mesh platform that simplifies the management of complex application infrastructures for DevOps, security, and network administrators. Tetrate's platform enables organizations to run and manage microservices effectively, facilitating the modernization of applications and accelerating the adoption of public cloud solutions. By partnering with enterprises on their app modernization journeys, Tetrate supports businesses in navigating the intricacies of modern cloud infrastructures.

Founded in 2014, Socotra provides a cloud-based platform for the insurance sector. Its software supports policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, reporting, and other applications for property and casualty, and life insurance businesses worldwide.

Founded in 2015, Mojo Vision specializes in developing and commercializing advanced micro-LED display technology for various applications. The company is renowned for creating the world's smallest dynamic display for augmented reality smart contact lenses. Headquartered in Saratoga, California, Mojo Vision aims to disrupt the $160 billion display industry with its proprietary quantum-dot technology.

Kojo is a cloud-based construction management software company that provides an all-in-one platform for contractors to manage their material and inventory needs. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, Kojo's system focuses on streamlining materials management and procurement processes, enhancing profitability for construction companies. By integrating various stakeholders, including field teams, procurement, and distributors, Kojo simplifies the supply chain through automation, facilitating the ordering and tracking of materials. This approach enables contractors to ensure timely delivery of materials to job sites, thereby improving operational efficiency.

Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Founded in 2014, Socotra provides a cloud-based platform for the insurance sector. Its software supports policy administration, underwriting, claims management, billing, reporting, and other applications for property and casualty, and life insurance businesses worldwide.

Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.

Indio Technologies, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that streamlines the insurance application and renewal process for brokers and their clients. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that features a library of over 5,000 digitally enhanced insurance forms, an e-signature solution, and secure document sharing capabilities. This technology allows brokers to quickly create insurer-ready online applications and convert existing data from Excel into interactive workbooks. By providing real-time alerts when clients engage with the platform, Indio Technologies enhances the efficiency of the insurance process, enabling brokers to focus on growing their business while reducing time spent on operational tasks. The company serves a diverse range of brokers, helping them cater to more than 300,000 business clients while ensuring a seamless and efficient experience. Indio Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Applied Systems, Inc. since early 2020.

Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Founded in 2012, Blend Labs designs and develops digital lending platforms that streamline mortgage, consumer loan, and deposit account applications. Serving over 300 financial institutions, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, the company processes billions in loans daily, helping millions of consumers access credit.

Founded in 2015, Platform Science develops an enterprise-grade IoT fleet management platform for connected trucks and digital supply chains. Its platform offers core telematics functionality, including compliance, safety, and productivity applications, along with dynamic hardware configurations and partner integrations.

Illumio, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2012. It specializes in providing cloud-based security solutions designed to protect organizations from cyber threats and breaches. The company's primary offering is the Adaptive Security Platform, which includes several tools such as Illumination for application traffic mapping, Enforcement for application nano-segmentation, and SecureConnect for data protection. Illumio's Zero Trust Segmentation Platform enhances security by visualizing traffic flows and automatically enforcing segmentation policies, minimizing lateral movement within multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures. This approach safeguards critical resources and mitigates the risk of cyber attacks, thereby helping organizations maintain operational resilience. The company's clientele includes notable names such as Plantronics, Yahoo, and the Creative Artists Agency.

Ascend.io is a Palo Alto, California-based company that has developed an advanced platform for managing and automating big data pipelines. The platform integrates essential data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability, allowing data teams to operate significantly faster. By employing declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io optimizes cloud infrastructure management and streamlines the entire data lifecycle, reducing maintenance efforts. This innovative approach enables business managers to initiate projects, connect applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and a notable group of industry advisors.

Progressly, Inc. is a cloud-based operational performance management company that focuses on transforming business processes by moving them from paper to digital. Established in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Progressly provides a platform that allows organizations to share, discover, and adopt best practices across various operational areas, including human resources, marketing, sales, and finance. By unifying people, processes, and performance, the platform enhances collaboration, increases transparency, and reduces operational costs, all while improving information security. Progressly serves a range of notable clients, including Comcast, Shell, and Valero, positioning itself as a key player in streamlining business operations. As of June 2018, it operates as a subsidiary of Box, Inc.

RiskMatch, LLC is a technology company based in Greenwich, Connecticut, established in 2012. It specializes in developing web-based insurance solutions tailored for insurance intermediaries and underwriting partners within the United States. The company's flagship platform enhances broker relationship management and optimizes opportunity targeting for product offerings. RiskMatch provides a comprehensive suite of services, including portfolio management, analytics, and benchmarking capabilities, which enable clients to effectively manage their business processes and performance. Additionally, the company offers training and ongoing support to brokers, agents, and insurers to ensure effective utilization of its platform. As of 2017, RiskMatch operates as a subsidiary of Vertafore, Inc.

Ascend.io is a Palo Alto, California-based company that has developed an advanced platform for managing and automating big data pipelines. The platform integrates essential data engineering capabilities, including data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability, allowing data teams to operate significantly faster. By employing declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io optimizes cloud infrastructure management and streamlines the entire data lifecycle, reducing maintenance efforts. This innovative approach enables business managers to initiate projects, connect applications, and make informed decisions with ease. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and a notable group of industry advisors.

Karat Inc. is a company based in Seattle, Washington, specializing in the design and development of technical interviewing software for organizations seeking to hire software engineers. Founded in 2014, Karat offers an interview platform that includes a network of interview engineers and an infrastructure specifically tailored for technical interviews. This platform is designed to enhance the hiring process by recording interviews, capturing candidate code, structuring feedback, and generating recommendations for hiring teams. Additionally, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding access to diverse talent, reducing bias in hiring, and improving the overall quality of engineering teams.